Li Xiaqing
| Lee Ya-Ching 李霞卿 |
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April 16, 1912 Haifeng County, Guangdong, China |
| Died | January 28, 1998 (aged 85) Oakland, California, United States |
| Nationality | Chinese |
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| Known for | First Chinese civilian aviator, co-founder of first Chinese civilian flying school |
Lee Ya-Ching or Li Xiaqing (1912–1998), also known by her stage name Li Dandan (李旦旦), was a Chinese film actress and a pioneering aviator, as well as a philanthropist. She was the first Chinese woman to be granted a civil aviation license in China, in 1936, and also co-founded its first civilian flying school. As an actress, she starred in Romance of the Western Chamber, and played the lead in an early adaptation of Mulan for the screen.
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